- tonnage (n.)
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[tonnage 词源字典] - early 15c., "tax or duty on wine imported in tuns," from ton (n.1) + -age, and from Old French tonnage "duty levied on wine in casks" (c. 1300). Meaning "carrying capacity of a ship" is from 1718.[tonnage etymology, tonnage origin, 英语词源]